Cowbridge Comprehensive School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Cowbridge Comprehensive School is an English-medium 11 to 18 school in the Vale of Glamorgan. There are 1,521 pupils on roll including 335 pupils in the sixth form, compared with 1,448 at the time of the last inspection. The school is situated on the outskirts of Cowbridge town where, along with the surrounding villages, most pupils come from.

Around 4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals which is considerably lower than the national average of 16.4% for secondary schools in Wales. Around 4% of pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales.

Around 1% of pupils have statements of special educational needs compared with 2.5% for Wales as a whole. Close to 8% of pupils have a special educational need, which is ...lower than the national average of 19.

2%. Most pupils are from a white British background. Around 2% of pupils speak English as an additional language.

A very few pupils speak Welsh at home. The headteacher has been in post since April 2012. The current leadership team is made up of the headteacher, a deputy headteacher, three assistant headteachers, three associate assistant headteachers and the business manager.